HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.

A poll commissioned by Ed Miliband's leadership campaign finds voters are less likely to vote Labour if there is not a shift from New Labour policies.

Nine people were killed when a small plane belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island, police and medical officials say.

A state of emergency is declared in Christchurch after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, injuring two people seriously.

A SEARCH is on for a man who is missing after his boat capsized during an early morning fishing trip south of Melbourne.

State of emergencies have been declared in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina

Author Ian McEwan talks to Matt Stadlen about the exercise of writing, the importance of long, moody walks, the "thinginess" of James Joyce and getting to grips with quantum mechanics.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.

AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

AFP - Branches of Afghanistan's biggest private bank were crowded Saturday morning with government employees queuing to be paid and customers wanting to withdraw their money following corruption allegations.